We don't expect most other forms of entertainment to come without a price. Most of us pay for cable or satellite TV. We pay for the Internet connections in our homes. Compared to other ways we entertain ourselves, books are not that expensive.

BookExpo America 2012 (aka BEA) is the largest publishing event in North America. Primarily an industry event, it allows publishers, authors, bloggers...

So, which list is true? "The Ten Awful Truths About Book Publishing" or "The Ten Wonderful Truths About Book Publishing"? They both are.

It is in the nature of small presses to appear, fill a certain need--often political or cultural in nature--and then vanish.

Penguin has confirmed that it is negotiating with agent Andrew Wylie over books that have been included in the agent's digital offshoot Odyssey Editio...

Now that I'm on the verge of publishing my second book, I don't seem to be doing so well. We live in an altered climate for publishing, I tell myself. It's harder than ever to sell a book.

On average, 40% of all books are returned to the publisher and then recycled or destroyed. That means over 1.5 billion books produced each year never reach the hands of a book buyer.

Success is not about hard work alone. It's also about making smart, savvy choices and not being blinded by your own ambition, creativity, or ego such that it undermines your work.

What does a printed book have that eBooks don't? Permanence. The role of the printed book is still critical, if not for the publishing industry, but for the human race.

I'm always looking for fiction that is not matrimaniacal.

It is appropriate that journalist and memoirist Allegra Huston conducts regular writing workshops called "The Imaginative Storm." If the name Huston...

We believe that independent bookstores can have a great future and we are betting our careers on it.

In a world of social networks, video games and mobile handsets that do everything imaginable, Americans have maintained their interest in reading.

A few years back, proving your platform meant whipping out your big black book of press clipping. You know, the ones that proved you could get into the media at will. Not any more.